Does society need wolves or sheep?

in June this year, I entered the graduation season with countless Chinese college students.

as a journalism major at 211 University, she has been traveling between campus job fairs and interview sites in Shenyang since September last year, on planes and trains bound for the north, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

after each round of interviews, I check my text messages and emails every two minutes, waiting for the notice of the next round of interviews, or rejecting letters. During the

period, it was not that I didn't have a chance to get a job, and I also had the experience of losing a great opportunity to enter the final exam for inexplicable reasons.

in my previous internship experience and interview process, an idea kept popping up and said, "Why didn't you work harder in the college entrance examination at that time?" Or: you have chosen the wrong place for the school.

because among the colleagues I work with and the competitors I interview, I see how good a famous school is to find a job in China.

I remember that at the end of Shanghai, there were 8 people in the same scene, 6 of whom had master's degrees, and the schools were all famous schools in Beijing and even abroad. Before the internship in Uber, the interns are almost all famous foreign schools, and those in domestic schools also have rich business experience and overseas exchange experience. Regular employees are also elites from the investment banking and consulting industry.

I envy them, not only the school, but also the kind of hardness and absolute confidence in their own background.

during the small half a year from September to January last year, I suffered a lot and felt a lot of ups and downs. Although I majored in journalism, but since my sophomore decided not to take the postgraduate entrance examination to find a job, I hope to break through the professional restrictions when looking for a job through internship. I don't want to do journalism. This goal has been implemented throughout my application period. I have invested in public relations, marketing and sales.

until January, I still couldn't find a job that made me satisfied. I cried and asked myself, "Why is it so easy for others to find a job?" I am not demanding much, and my own strength is not poor. Why are there so many frustrations? "

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even today, 2016-6-7, on the day of the college entrance examination, I still haven't signed an offer.

in front of the elite of famous schools who go to college, oh, it is impossible to plan their careers carefully from junior high school to high school, I am like a little sheep facing an ambitious pack of wolves, unable to fight back, can't run fast, and has no sharp teeth.

in January, hit by the job-hunting season, I thought carefully, what exactly do I want to do? What kind of people does society need? In school, we try our best to make up for our shortcomings, hoping to improve our overall grades. But in society, employers want to make the best use of their employees' strengths and make profits for themselves. So I went back to the writing direction that I was good at, looking for an internship in Beijing.

even after reading the excellent Sheep, I didn't get around the inferiority complex in the school background in the job search, because it did affect other people's perception of me in the job search.

but I have a clearer understanding of what one's school background determines, and there are some unexpected gains.

the author has worked in Ivy League schools for many years and has met countless excellent students whom I have envied. In his book, he describes these students as "an oppressed need for achievement and success". Criticizing the so-called diversity of American education is nothing more than "choosing 32 different flavors of vanilla from the real vanilla flavor".

as a person who has wandered in that circle for many years, what the author said is indeed reasonable and consistent with what I have seen in real life. Famous school students squeeze their heads to enter the financial and consulting industry, starting from entering the school to work on projects, brushing grades, internships in state-owned enterprises and foreign enterprises one by one, and from the age of 18, they began to save up their strength in order to submit a glittering resume a few years later.

I began to wonder, even if I were put into that environment, would I be that kind of person?

it's hard to say.

the benefits of a famous university are numerous, but what any university can't teach you is the ability to think, how to know yourself, and the ability to break through limits (which is important because people usually don't recognize their limitations).

I don't know what the famous students want. Even I don't know what I want. Fortunately, I know what I don't want. I can't decide what the consequences of every step I take will be recognized by the outside world, but what I can hold in the palm of my hand is the thing itself and how I feel about it-love or disgust?

in an interview in Beijing, in fact, during a chat with the person who recruited me, the other party realized his wish and mentioned with satisfaction that they had raised the company's valuation by hundreds of millions more through competition with foreign competitors and through media publicity. Although I knew that it was only a common means in business competition, I could not help but feel a burst of disgust. Of course, I did not go to his company in the end. Although it was a good opportunity.

the author focuses on "creating your own Life". He says, "instead of working for success, it's better to devote yourself to the work itself." does it sound like what the man in the Indian movie "Three idots" said: "Don't chase success, do one thing with your heart, success will chase you."?.

and although I am not sure where I will go after graduation, my mentality has improved compared with last year's job application season, and I no longer complain about why I have suffered so many difficulties. The book quotes a passage from the romantic poet Keats to explain my understanding of difficulties and suffering: "Don't you think that the pain and difficulties in the world are necessary to cultivate people's reason and forge the soul?"

Yes, I willEncounter difficulties, because in addition to joy and sorrow in the world, I must feel these feelings in my heart and hone myself in 1000 ways at the same time.

another gain is that direction is important.

Wolves are suitable for hunting, and sheep can never compete with wolves in this field.

but sheep can produce milk and wool, so people who are stronger than wolves will protect sheep, so weak sheep can survive.

Society needs wolves as well as sheep.

the question is, can you tell whether you are a sheep or a wolf?